Tonga

Ease of Doing Business in

Tonga

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Tonga. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region East Asia & Pacific
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 104,509
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,580
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
62 61 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
63.3 63.2 down 0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 35 34 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 37 36 up -1
Getting Electricity 30 31 up 1
Registering Property 142 139 up -3
Getting Credit 83 80 up -3
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 40 43 up 3
Trading Across Borders 77 76 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 54 52 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 118 117 up -1

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Getting Electricity

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The challenges required for a business to obtain a permanent electricity connection for a newly constructed warehouse are shown below. Included are the number of steps, time, and cost.

DB 2013 Rank 30 DB 2012 Rank 31 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 82.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 82.8 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Tonga East Asia & Pacific OECD

The number of procedures to obtain a permanent electricity connection. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company employees or the company’s main electrician with external parties.

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Procedures (number)
5 5 5

The number of days to obtain a permanent electricity connection. The measure captures the median duration that the electricity utility and experts indicate is necessary in practice, rather than required by law, to complete a procedure.

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Time (days)
42 86 98

The cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Costs are recorded exclusive of value added tax.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
101.5 1,005.0 93.0
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Submit application for Electrical Permit from the Electricity Commission (EC) and receive permit 7 calendar days TOP 2,185.0
2 Submit application to Tongapower and await site inspection 7 calendar days no charge
3 Receive site inspection from Tongapower and await estimate 7 calendar days no charge
4 Electrical contractor files Certificate of Compliance of Installation form with EC, and receives internal wiring inspection and certificate 7 calendar days no charge
5 Customer submits Compliance certificate to Tongapower and Tongapower conducts external connection, meter installation and electricity starts flowing 14 calendar days TOP 5,175.0

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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